Metallic heel.



H. VARWIG.

METALLIC HEEL. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27. t9!!- Paoented Nov. 13, 1917.

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ONE-HALF T9 FRAE'K 'IETAL'LZC HEEL.

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Specification or. Itetters Patent.

Patented lion. '55.;

Application filed February 27, 1817. Serial No. 151,195.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY Vanwro, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Qhio, have invented a certa n new and awful Improvement in Metallic Heels, of which the following is a specification.

One of the principal objects of rny invention is to provide a metallic heel of iniproved design and construction, which carries a replaceableleather facing or tip, the construction of the heelbeing such that the facing may be readily and expeditiously renewed.

Another bject of the invention resldes in the provision of improved neans for secur ing the plug or tip to which the facing 15 secured, in place within the heel. p

A still further object of the invention 1s to provide an improved method of securing the portions of the shell forming the heel together.

Still another-object of my invention is to provide an improved metallic heel characterized by advantages of simplicity, durability, efiiciency in operation, and economy lll nanufacture.

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination, and arrangernent of parts hereinafter more fully described and clanned, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of which- Figure 1 represents a view in section taken longitudinally through a metall c heel constructed according to my invention;

Fig. 2 represents a' view in elevation of the body portion of the metallic heel removed; Fig. 3 represents a view 111 perspective of the portion of the heel secured to the shoe,

constituting the base of the heel;

Fig. 4 represents a view in perspectiveof the removable tip and facing carried Fig. 5 rep-resentsa vlevv similar to Fig.

1 of the molded type of heel, and

plate and breast plate Fig. 6 represents a view in section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1. I

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the heel includes a base plate 5 suhstantially oval shaped, and of a. slightly concave-convex formation, and this plate is adapted to be secured to the heel portion of the sole of a shoe by riveting or. sewing, or some other suitable manner, perforations 6 being provided in the platefor receiving the fastening means.

Formed integrally with the base plate 5, and curving downwardly and forwardly therefrom, is the breast plate 7 forms the front wall of the heel.

The body portion 8 of the heel which is shell-like in formation, includes the rear wall 9 and side walls 10, and is open at its upper and lower ends as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The body of the heel is adapted to be fitted against the base and breast plates to form the completed heel, as indicated in Fig. l.

The rear portion of baseplate 5 is provided with a depending rearwardly projecting lug 11, adapted to engage in-a recess or slot 12 formed on the inside of the rear wall 9 ad- 7 jacent the upper edge of the latter, for securely locking the upper portion of the body to the base plate, when the body. is in position.

The breast plate 7 is provided at about its center with an opening for receiving a headed screw 2, the threaded portion of which is i turned into a threaded opening in :1 lug or enlargement 13 formed on the inner wall of the body portion, for positively securing the portions of the heel together. When it is desired to remove the body member of the heel, the screw is turned out of engagement with the lug 13, and the body portion lifted off.

The body of the heel andthe breast plate are provided adjacent theirlower ends with lugs 14 and 15 respectively, which lugs project toward each other and are adapted to engage in recesses or notches'lfi formed in a. tip or plug 17, to which tip the leather facing 18 is nailed or otherwise suitably secured. The tip 17-.1nay be made of wood in Fig. 1, covers the lower portion or side of the heel, and while presenting an attractive finish to the heel, acts as a suitable cushion while walking.

N hen the facing 18 becomes worn and it is desired to replace the same, it may be pulled 0d of the block or tip 17, without removing the latter, and anew facing nailed or otherwise secured in place. If, however, it becomes necessary or desirable, to remove the block or tip, the screw 2 may be readily withdrawn to allow disengagement of the body portion, whereupon the block may be removed and a new one inserted in its place.

The lugs 15 serve not only to prevent withdrawal of the block accidentally from the heel, but also to prevent the block from riding, or being forced upwardly into the heel out of its true position.

When the heel is assembled, the front edges of side walls 10 he flush with the front or outer face of the breast plate, and the upper edges of the side walls, at their forward ends, lie against the flange portions 19 formed by the extension of the base plate 5 laterally beyond the lateral edges of the breast plate 7, as indicated in Fig. 8.

The foregoing description refers particu-v larly to the type of heel in which the parts .re cast in manufacture. Another method of forming the heel is bythe molding process. A heel constructed by molding the parts is indicated in Fig. 3y this method relatively thin sheets of metal are used, and the different metallic parts, of theheel are shaped by dies into the desired form. The base plate and the breast plate of the heel are molded in one piece, as already set out.

A metal strip .19 is welded on the inner surfaces of the base and breast plates, ex-

. receiving a lug l1 tending longitudinally thereof, and another metal strip 20 is welded longitudinally on the inner surface of the body portion of the heel. The upper portion of the strip 20 is provided with an opening orslot 12 for formed adjacent the rear end of the strip 19. Thus the posterior part of the heel body becomes locked to the base plate when the heel is assembled in comple-tcd position. T he lower portions of strips 19 and 20 are provided with projections or lugs it and 15 respective, for fitting into the indentations or recess in-the tip or block for securing the latter in place. suitable threaded bolt or screw is also used in this form for securingthe parts together, the threaded portion of the screw being tur enlar ement or the strip 20, as at 13".

Although I have described the preferred n d into a threaded opening formed in an embodiments of my heel I may desire to make such changes in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts thereof, as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended the latter, a body portion including a rear.

wall having an opening and side walls, said body portion being open at its upper and lower ends, the side walls of the body adapt: ed, when the heel is in assembled position, to embrace the breast plate between them, a lug depending from the said base plate adjacent its rear end and adapted to engage in a recess provided in the rearwall of the body for locking the base plate and body together when the heel is in assembled position, a screw eXtending through the open ing in the breast plate and being adapted to be threaded into said opening in the rear wall of the body for detachably securing the breast and base plates and body together, a block held between the breast plate and body at the lower portion of the latter,

and a facing secured to the block and forming the lower terminal of the heel.

2. A heel comprising a base plate adapted to be secured to the sole of a shoe, a breast plate formed integrally with and depending from the base plate at the forward end of the latter, a hollow body portion, interengaging means between the base plate and body portion, means detachably securing the breast plate andbody portion together, opposed lugs formed on the breast plate and body portion adjacent the lower end of the heel, a block having indentations into which the lugs project, and a facing secured to the block.

.3. In a heel, the combination of breast plate, means for securing the same to the sole of shoe, a body portion, means for detachably connecting the breast plate and body portion together, a block arranged in the lower portion of the heel between the said plate and body portion, intercngaging means between the block and the body portion, and breast plate, for removably securing the block in place, and a facing carried by the block.

4:..ln a. heel, the combination of a base plate, a breast plate formed thereon, abody tween the breast plate and body portion, and portion, interlocking means between the base a facing carried by the block. Y plate and body portion, and means detach-- 6. In a heel, the combination of a base ably securing the breast plate and body porplate having a breast plate thereon, a body' '5 tion together. portion, means detachably securing the body 15 5. In a heel, the combination of a breast portion to the base and breast plates, anda plate, means for securingthe breast plate. to tread member detaohably engaged against the sole of a shoe, a body portion, means for the body portion and breastplate; w detachably connecting the body portionto 16 the breast plate, a block removably held be HARRY VARWIG. 

